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    where the Aral Sea used to be. Taken in Moynaq, Uzbekistan.

    Moynaq looks for all the world like the coastal town it used to be, but disastrous water-management policies over the last fifty years have caused half the Aral Sea to evaporate, and the new shoreline is over the horizon.

    Cracas, Maurizio Politi, kjcrichton, polis poliviou, and 4 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    1. Maurizio Politi 49 months ago | reply

      fantastic shot, love the boat silhouette
      such a sas story...

    2. Adam Currey 48 months ago | reply

      Oh wow, that is so bizarre.

    3. neil banas 46 months ago | reply

      I just noticed the visual echo with this photo that I took in Tunisia, later on the same trip

    4. Evgeni Zotov 46 months ago | reply

      Good shot!

    5. AmandaB57 46 months ago | reply

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Damaged challenge

    6. hiddentravel 46 months ago | reply

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Damaged challenge

    7. Wings Of Grey 46 months ago | reply

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Damaged challenge

    8. Many Moon Honeymoon 46 months ago | reply

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Damaged challenge

    9. meadow_grl 46 months ago | reply

      The scale is amazing ...the boats look like abandoned toys!

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Damaged challenge

    10. © Libyan Soup 46 months ago | reply

      The true scale is not apparent at first glance, but then....oh wow.
      Devastating!
      It is by far the best entry in this challenge and deserving of so many more votes (than say the picture postcard image of undamaged dhow).

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Damaged challenge

    11. Evgeni Zotov 46 months ago | reply

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Damaged challenge

    12. jovan2001 45 months ago | reply

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Damaged challenge

    13. © Libyan Soup 35 months ago | reply

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Desert challenge

    14. dckf_$êr@pH!nX 35 months ago | reply

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Desert challenge

    15. -Heather- 34 months ago | reply

      This photo makes me want to travel and gets my vote in the Lonely Planet Publications group's Desert challenge

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